IEEE Chip hall of fame

[johnh]

has anybody read some the articles in the IEEE chip hall of fame.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/chip-hall-of-fame

What chip do you think is missing?

[capt bullshot]

The Transputer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transputer

[coppice]

That's a very odd list. If its supposed to be the most pioneering devices they'd have the Intel 2920 (pretty useless, but very early), the Bell DSP1, or the NEC uPD7720 DSP rather than the TI 32010. If its supposed to be the devices that made a real impact in the market they would have another UART rather than the WD1402A.

[JPortici]

meh, this kinds of lists... the top 10 whatever articles... they are never going to satisfy anyone. they are there just so you can share/comment/click/ad revenue

just shrug and move on

[djacobow]

New inductees this week.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/static/chip-hall-of-fame

I also agree it's a strange list. Transmeta Crusoe? Please. They tried to take out Intel and failed, straight up. When they realized they couldn't win in performance, they made up a power story.

[schmitt trigger]

Where is the voltage regulator section?

I mean, where would we be without a 78xx-type regulator? Or the uA723? Or if considering switch mode controllers, the SG3524?

[rdl]

The choices this time seem a little better and the stories behind them are all interesting. I do agree about the voltage regulators. At least one representative 3 terminal regulator should definitely be there.

[RobK_NL]

Where is the voltage regulator section?

I mean, where would we be without a 78xx-type regulator? Or the uA723? Or if considering switch mode controllers, the SG3524?

Exactly! The LM309 and the uA723 should be right up there.

[chris_leyson]

Nice to see Atmel AVR there. Interesting interview with Vergard Wollan

And Alf-Egil Bogen

[djacobow]

Nice to see Atmel AVR there.

Yeah, I think it was right to include it, too.

For me, the AVR stands out as the one microcontroller family with datasheets that are correct and complete enough that you can program the device and its peripherals without having to consult multiple external sources, such as various errata pubs, or even better yet, rando websites where someone has figured out a chip erratum, but the mfr won't bother to update their datasheet, or where the chip is fine but the data sheet is wrong, but the code examples work, and so those become the relevant documentation, etc, etc.

AVR is blessedly free of most of that crap, which makes it a good and perhaps lucky choice to lead the maker charge.

[chris_leyson]

@djacobow, I like the AVR I find them a lot easier to use than PICs and the documentation is easy to follow. Didn't know that the architecture was developed by Alf-Egil Bogen and Vegard Wollan at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Learnt a bit of history today